Twin Engine Warbird Near Welshpool
 

Saw a fairly large twin piston engine aircraft circling north of Welshpool this afternoon. A Blenheim came to mind from the nose section.

Anyone know what was in the area?

Roughly what time?

Roundabout 1944

1944 in the afternoon ?

FED's clock is on war time...

If it was the Blenheim it might not show up on ADSB...

It shows up on Mode S, but not on ADS-B. Having said that, it's a couple of years since I've picked it up hereabouts.

FR24 doesn't seem to have any MLat tracks for it.

To confirm whether it was the Blenheim, I would suggest keeping an eye on the Duxford Diary thread on UKAR. If it did fly during the Sunday, one of the resident snappers may have gotten a shot of it departing and/or arriving.

Nor does Flight Tracker.

Avro Anson from Sleap?

WD413 was delivered on the 28th Feb. 1950 as a C21. Unlikely to ever having been camouflaged and certainty not invasion stripes.

Possibly a Vulcanair P68…..they sound like something from a bygone era. Because they really are!

It does indeed. I got the impression of D Day stripes from what I saw. Thanks.

Laughs out loud. :} :ugh:

Unlike the Blenheim, the Anson tracks on FR24.

If you'd given us an approximate time in the first place, it would have saved a lot of it subsequently. :O

Well...I didn't think that there would be that many warbirds around the area in one afternoon. :rolleyes:

No, that's probably true.

But my point was that you're much more likely to get an ID for a sighting if you (or the person taking the trouble to help you) can search FR24 around a specified time, rather than hoping that there might have been a PPRuNer who happened to be in the area, whenever, and who spotted a likely candidate.

Hadn't thought of someone using FR24, more of someone's personal knowledge. Will know better next time. :)

WD413 the Sleap based Anson has indeed been painted in camouflage with DD stripes!

I think the point being made was that the scheme it wears isn't authentic, given that it was built 5 years after the war ended.